Pointless Prize: Freezing Saddles Gives Back

[lordofthemark]

On Friday the 11th, I helped person the table at Alexandria Winter Bike to Work Day. I spoke with a couple of people about biking in the area, suggested a bike shop, and plugged BPAC. I exchanged thoughts and ideas with a City employee, with the new WABA Exec director, and with a certain gentleman from BikeArlington.

On Sunday the 13th, I reviewed the proposed charter for the Communications Committee of the Alexandria Industrial Development Authority board. I also reviewed some material for Liveable Alexandria, the pro transit, pro housing group I am involved with – on the 11th I sent an email to Council supporting a new committed affordable housing project in the West End.

[Judd]

I’ll update the points standing this weekend but wanted to share a few opportunities:

Saturday, 2/19 – Trail bump repair and vegetation cleanup on the Mount Vernon Trail – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/invasive-removal-and-trail-bump-repair-near-marina-towers-registration-263434368287
Monday, 2/21 – Trash cleanup at Gravelly Point -https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-landing-bid-presents-trash-cleanup-at-gravelly-point-registration-261608948407

[Sophie CW]

Volunteered again at the Rockville Bike Hub today. We have gently-used bike clothing, hitch racks and used bikes if anyone is interested in stopping by 10 N Washington Street in Rockville.
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[komorebi]

I volunteered at the FOMVT trash pickup at Gravelly Point today.

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My personal haul included a pizza box, two glass bottles, a toy jet, three facemasks, too many napkins to count, and enough fiddly little bits of styrofoam that I might go Hulk on the next styrofoam container I see.

[Judd]

Kapow! 10 Pointer for volunteering with the FoMVT.

@Gina 215736 wrote:

Joined the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail again today. This time we worked on trail edging near Gravelly Point.

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[Judd]

I’m awarding 50 points for the effort and for a long history of blood donations.

@Steve O 215963 wrote:

Well, I tried.
I’ve been giving blood for decades. I made an appointment for Monday afternoon to give a double-red donation at the donor center on E St. in DC.

When I got there I was told it would be a 45-minute wait (plus, from past experience, the almost 2 hours it actually takes–which is also absurdly inefficient). That was unacceptable, especially since I had an actual appointment. I left.

After a couple of follow-up conversations with Red Cross people, I have learned something. Yes, there is a blood shortage nationwide. However, that blood shortage has nothing to do with lack of donors, which is what their marketing seems to imply. I had to wait weeks just to get an appointment, because they are completely booked. The shortage is a problem with staffing; there is no shortage of donors. If anything, there are too many donors.

So my giving blood or not will make no difference in the blood supply. Knowing that, I am not willing to put up with the nonsense of interminable waiting to give blood that someone else would give if I weren’t there. Same amount of blood collected either way.

So no points for me.

[Judd]

10 more points for RBH volunteering!

@Sophie CW 216202 wrote:

Biked to the Rockville Bike Hub to help prepare for their Open House event tomorrow: https://fb.me/e/6fkCwhu4n
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[Judd]

50 points for donating blood!

@kmrice 216209 wrote:

I spent the afternoon in the Red Cross blood donation center downtown. (And I heard a similar story—staffing shortages prevent more blood collection events). I did not have to wait as long as you Steve-about an hour, in and out

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[Judd]

5 points for supporting the Vision Zero Rally and 10 more points for Rockville Bike Hub open house. 15 points! The upside down photos make me giggle.

@Sophie CW 216300 wrote:

Couldn’t get more miles in today, but I did bike to a Vision Zero rally in the morning then to the Rockville Bike Hub open house.
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Sorry, I don’t know why these photo are upside down!

[Judd]

10 points for volunteering with Four Mile Run Conservancy. 5 bonus points for taking a picture with my buddy Kurt. 15 points!

@kmrice 216306 wrote:

Biked over to join the Four Mile Run Conservancy yesterday for a stream bed clean up along the Four Mile Run trail (note the bicycling connection[emoji1]). Lotta trash out there.
A couple of wet shoes later (fortunately not my bike shoes), we’d each picked up 2+trash bags full!

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[Judd]

10 points for volunteering for FoMVT. 5 bonus points for doing a trophy face picture for me. 15 points!

@komorebi 216366 wrote:

I volunteered on Saturday 2/12 for the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail cleanup event near Trollheim:

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This was the prize of the day:

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[Judd]

10 points for volunteering for RBH. 5 bonus points for being a good hype person for their open house and what they have for sale. 15 points!

@Sophie CW 216716 wrote:

Volunteered again at the Rockville Bike Hub today. We have gently-used bike clothing, hitch racks and used bikes if anyone is interested in stopping by 10 N Washington Street in Rockville.
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[Judd]

10 points for volunteering for FoMVT. 5 bonus points for the mental image of Hulkorebi. 15 points!

@komorebi 216904 wrote:

I volunteered at the FOMVT trash pickup at Gravelly Point today.

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My personal haul included a pizza box, two glass bottles, a toy jet, three facemasks, too many napkins to count, and enough fiddly little bits of styrofoam that I might go Hulk on the next styrofoam container I see.

[Judd]

5 points for bike to work day advocacy. I’m going to pretend that you rode your bike around your living room while doing the stuff on the 13th to award 5 points. 10 points.

@lordofthemark 216374 wrote:

On Friday the 11th, I helped person the table at Alexandria Winter Bike to Work Day. I spoke with a couple of people about biking in the area, suggested a bike shop, and plugged BPAC. I exchanged thoughts and ideas with a City employee, with the new WABA Exec director, and with a certain gentleman from BikeArlington.

On Sunday the 13th, I reviewed the proposed charter for the Communications Committee of the Alexandria Industrial Development Authority board. I also reviewed some material for Liveable Alexandria, the pro transit, pro housing group I am involved with – on the 11th I sent an email to Council supporting a new committed affordable housing project in the West End.

[Judd]

Competition is fierce. It’s still anyone’s game. Current standings are below.

Player Total Points
Sophie CW 135
kmrice 120
Gina 100
Komorebi 85
Boomer2U 70
Steve O 50
Mtansill 45
CaseyKane 35
Sfrank 25
lordofthemark 20

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